Jeremiah 10:9

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כסף כֶּסֶף

silver

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כסף

keçeph

Definition

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Root

from H3700 (כסף);

Exhaustive

from כסף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3701

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

silver, so called from its whitish-grey, pale colour. It is used to denote silver as a metal, a shekel of silver, silver-ore, money, or what is bought for money.

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

Aramaic word for silver, money.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Page 324

1. silver. Gen. 23: 15. 2. money generally. Gen. 23: 13. Deut. 23: 20.

כְּסַף

chald. • Page 324

Chald. idem. (equivalent to silver). Dan. 2: 35. 5: 2, 4, 23.

כָּסַף

verb • Page 324

1. to be greedy or long for any thing. Ps. 17: 12. 2. to have compassion. Job 14: 15. Niph. to long for; to blush or be ashamed. Gen. 31: 30. Zeph. 2: 1.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀργύριον ἀργυρίου ἀργυρίῳ ἀργυρᾶν ἀργυρᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3701:

ἀργύριον 156× (36.0%)

ἀργυρίου 104× (25.5%)

ἀργυρίῳ 18× (4.1%)

ἀργυρᾶν 15× (3.9%)

ἀργυρᾶ 11× (2.7%)

'' 11× (2.5%)

ἀργυροῦν 11× (2.8%)

ἀργυραῖ 9× (2.3%)

ἀργυρᾶσ 7× (1.8%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

מרקע מְרֻקּע

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רקע

râqaʻ

Definition

to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal); beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7554

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָקַע

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1359

1. To smite, to stamp (the earth, often as a gesture of dislike). 2. To beat out thin, to expand by beating (a plate); to extend, to spread out (over a surface, or vault of heaven). 3. (not used) to make firm or strong.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָקַע

verb • Page 630

1. To stamp with the feet, to express indignation or joy (Ezek. 6: 11; 25: 6). 2. To stamp or beat out. 3. To spread out solid bodies, like the earth (Ps. 136: 6; Is. 42: 5).

Verb Pual participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H7554:

No stats available

מתרשיש מִתַּרְשִׁישׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

תרשיש

Tarshîysh

Definition

Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite

Root

probably the same as H8658 (תרשיש) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse);

Exhaustive

probably the same as תרשיש (as the region of the stone, or the reverse); Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite; Tarshish, Tharshish.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8659

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1534

1. N. p. of a Pelasgian-Hellenic sea-faring race (Tyrseni/Etrurians), mentioned in the ethnographical table (Gen. 10, 4), who formed a state in Italy.

Matched via consonantal key only

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1534

1. Gades (Cadiz); 2. Tartessus (a district in Spain); 3. Certain colonial coast-districts in North Africa (where Solomon's ships sailed); 4. Emporiums and coast-districts of southern Arabia; 5. A precious stone (chrysolite of the ancients, topaz of the moderns); 6. N. p. of a Persian prince (Esth. 1, 14).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

noun • Page 728

1. Tarshish ships, used to denote large merchant ships bound on long voyages (Is. 23:1, 4; 60:9; Ps. 48:8). 2. A precious stone, likely chrysolite or topaz (Ex. 28:20, 39:13; Ezek. 1:16, 10:9; Dan. 10:6).

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

proper name • Page 727

Tartessus, a city and country in Spain; a celebrated emporium with which the Phenicians and Hebrews traded. References: Gen. 10:4; Ps. 72:10; Ezek. 27:12, 25; Jon. 1:3.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX: θαρσισ καρχηδόνιοι καρχηδόνοσ pεἰσ pἐκ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8659:

θαρσισ 18× (53.2%)

καρχηδόνιοι 3× (10.0%)

καρχηδόνοσ 3× (9.5%)

pεἰσ 2× (6.6%)

pἐκ 2× (6.6%)

יובא יוּבָ֗א

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בוא

bôwʼ

Definition

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H935

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 224

1. To go, to wander; usually with announcing the limit of one's going. 2. To arrive, to come at (distinguished from הָלַךְ in expressing the limit of going). In this sense metaphorically: a) to be born, to appear; b) to reach to one, to be equal to him; c) to reach inanimate things; d) to come upon, to fall upon (suddenly), e.g., of an enemy or calamity; e) to come to pass, to be fulfilled (of wishes, promises); f) of inanimate things, to come near; g) applied to time; h) with the preposition בְּ, to come with somewhat, i.e., to bring.

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 225

To go in, to enter, to come; to arrive; to go down (of the sun).

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to come to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Page 88

1. to go or come in, to enter. Gen. 6:18. Frequently opposed to יָצָא. 2. to lie with a woman, inire feminam. Gen. 16:2. 3. spoken of the sun, to set, go down (below the horizon). Gen. 15:17. 28:11.

בּוֹא

verb • Page 89

To go in, to enter, to come. Includes many specific idioms: to conduct oneself (Josh. 15:18); to come in as revenue (1 K. 10:14); to enter into a covenant (2 Chr. 15:12); to come upon someone or befall them (Lam. 1:10); to come to pass or be fulfilled (Prov. 13:12); to bring something (with ב, Ps. 66:13); to obtain (Ps. 69:28). Hiphil: to bring in, carry in, or lead (2 Sam. 9:10). Hophal: passive (Lev. 10:18).

Verb Hophal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0935:

No stats available

וזהב וְזָהָב

and gold

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

זהב

zâhâb

Definition

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

Root

from an unused root meaning to shimmer;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2091

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָהָב

noun masculine • Root זהב • Strongs / High • Page 426

1. gold, as metal. 2. Figuratively, oil, so called from its shining colour; perhaps also the sun or the golden brightness of the sky.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָהָב

m. prim. • Page 198

1. gold (Gen. 24:22, 53. 36:39). 2. figuratively the golden splendour (of the firmament), Job 37:22; gold-coloured oil, Zech. 4:12.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χρυσίον χρυσίου χρυσίῳ '' χρυσᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2091:

χρυσίον 81× (17.4%)

χρυσίου 71× (16.5%)

χρυσίῳ 39× (9.3%)

'' 29× (6.3%)

χρυσᾶ 25× (6.0%)

χρυσοῦσ 22× (5.4%)

χρυσῶν 19× (4.6%)

χρυσοῦν 18× (4.3%)

χρυσᾶσ 14× (3.5%)

pἐκ 14× (3.6%)

מאופז מֵאוּפָז

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אופז

ʼÛwphâz

Definition

Uphaz, a famous gold region

Root

perhaps a corruption of H211 (אופיר);

Exhaustive

perhaps a corruption of אופיר; Uphaz, a famous gold region; Uphaz.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H210

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוּפָז

proper name • Page 32

Uphaz, a country rich in gold, the situation of which is nowhere pointed out.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0210:

No stats available

מעשה מַעֲשֵׂה

a work/action

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעשה

maʻăseh

Definition

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

Root

from H6213 (עשה);

Exhaustive

from עשה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4639

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַעֲשֶׂה

masculine noun • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 889

1. the doing, executing, preparing; business, labour; manner of life, conduct, activity. 2. a work, the result of doing, a deed. 3. a thing made, a work, an idol; a work or product, a thing fabricated, especially damask-work. Figuratively, the works of God (creation), product, effect, result; cattle as acquired goods.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַעֲשֶׂה

noun masculine • Root עשה • Page 395

1. a deed, action, concern, business. Gen. 44 : 15; 47 : 3; Ps. 86: 6; Judg. 2: 10. 2. a work, labour, something done or wrought. Ps. 8: 4, 7; 19: 2; Deut. 4: 28; Ps. 115: 4; 135: 15; Ex. 26: 1, 31; 27: 4. 3. property, res, like מְלָאכָה; particularly the produce of the field, Ex. 23: 16; 1 Sam. 25: 2.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἔργα ἔργον ἔργοισ '' ἔργων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4639:

ἔργα 75× (29.9%)

ἔργον 46× (20.5%)

ἔργοισ 20× (7.5%)

'' 10× (4.0%)

ἔργων 10× (3.8%)

ποίημα 9× (3.7%)

ποιήματα 9× (3.4%)

ὡσ 6× (2.8%)

ἔργῳ 6× (2.8%)

--- 5× (2.3%)

חרש חָרָשׁ

he has engraved

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חרש

chârâsh

Definition

a fabricator or any material

Root

from H2790 (חרש);

Exhaustive

from חרש; a fabricator or any material; artificer, ([phrase]) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, [phrase] mason, skilful, ([phrase]) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2796

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָרָשׁ

noun / masculine • Root חרש • Strongs / High • Page 537

I. a cutter in wood, metal or stone; one cutting, graving or fabricating. It can refer to a stone-cutter, blacksmith, joiner, locksmith, or architect.

חָרָשׁ

noun / masculine • Strongs / High • Page 537

II. a workman, artificer.

חָרָשׁ

noun / masculine • Strongs / High • Page 537

artificial work; in plural (חֳרָשִׁים), it means skilled in arts or skilful artificers. Can also mean skilled in magic arts.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָרָשׁ

m. const. חָרַשׁ / plur. חָרָשִׁים • Root חרש • Page 252

1. a stonecutter (Ex. 28:11). 2. a workman in stone, wood, or metal; a smith (Ex. 35:35, Deut. 27:15, Is. 44:12).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: τέκτων τέκτονασ τέκτοσιν τεχνιτῶν οἰκοδόμουσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2796:

τέκτων 7× (17.7%)

τέκτονασ 4× (9.8%)

τέκτοσιν 3× (6.6%)

τεχνιτῶν 2× (5.5%)

οἰκοδόμουσ 2× (4.7%)

τέκτονα 2× (4.7%)

וידי וִידֵי

and the dual-hands of myself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יד

yâd

Definition

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

Root

a primitive word; in distinction from H3709 (כף), the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)

Exhaustive

a primitive word; in distinction from כף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3027

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָד

noun / feminine • Root ידה • Strongs / High • Page 577

The hand, as that which lays hold of or seizes. Can also refer to the arm. It is used in a wide variety of metaphorical and technical senses, including assistance, power, custody, and human cooperation. Dual form: יָדַיִם, plural form: יָדוֹת.

יָד

noun / feminine • Root יד • Strongs / High • Page 578

The hand. It is used in a wide variety of literal and figurative senses, including: force, violence; divine power, punishment, or inspiration (the 'hand of God'); a sign of assurance or a pledge ('giving the hand'); a medium of action or agency; guidance and oversight; possession; power and might; mediation ('by the hand of').

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָד

com. gen. • Page 270

1. The hand. Phrases include: assisting someone (1 Sam. 22:17), divine destruction (Ex. 9:3), divine inspiration or prophecy (Ezek. 1:3, Jer. 15:17), promising or striking hands (Ezra 10:19), and submission (2 Chr. 30:8, Ezek. 17:18). 2. Metaphorical uses: without human aid (Dan. 8:25), from generation to generation (Prov. 11:21). 3. Prepositional combinations: 'in the hand of' or 'by' (1 Sam. 14:34), 'through' (Num. 15:23), 'into the power or charge of' (Gen. 9:2, Ps. 95:7), 'before' (1 Sam. 21:14), and 'because of' (Job 8:4, Is. 64:6).

יָד

noun • Page 271

Definitions continued from previous page: 1. into the hand or hands of any one; through (Jer. 18:21). Plur. יָדוֹת: artificial hands, tenons, axle-trees. 2. the arm. 3. metaphorically, might, power, aid (Ex. 14:30, Deut. 32:36). 4. manner (1 K. 10:13, Ezra 3:10). 5. side, near (1 Sam. 19:3). Dual יָדַיִם: sides. Plur. יָדוֹת: ledges, side railings. 6. place (Deut. 23:13). 7. part (Dan. 12:7). 8. a monument, trophy (1 Sam. 15:12).

יָד

noun • Root יד • Page 271

Chaldee; equivalent to Hebrew יָד, hand. Emphatic state: יְדָא.

יָד

noun • Page 282

Mentioned in 1 Sam. 4:13 Kethib as an evident corruption for יַד (on the side), which stands in the Keri.

Conjunction, Noun common both dual construct

LXX: χεῖρασ χειρὶ χειρὸσ χεῖρα χειρῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3027:

χεῖρασ 218× (12.8%)

χειρὶ 215× (12.3%)

χειρὸσ 169× (10.0%)

χεῖρα 139× (8.4%)

χειρῶν 100× (6.0%)

χεῖρά 87× (5.3%)

χεὶρ 75× (4.7%)

χερσὶν 61× (3.3%)

χειρί 55× (2.8%)

χειρόσ 50× (2.9%)

צורף צוֹרֵף

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צרף

tsâraph

Definition

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively); cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6884

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / tr. • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

I. (Intr.) To glow, to burn. (Tr.) To smelt, gold or silver; to purify, to refine, by fire. Fig. To make clear or bright; to prove.

צָרַף

verb • Root צרף • Strongs / High • Page 1251

II. (Not used) tr. To draw together, to bind, to tie together (only by transpos. for צָפַר II).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָרַף

verb / fut. יִצְרֹף • Page 576

1. To melt, fuse, particularly the precious metals. Hence צֹרֵף a founder or workman in gold and silver. 2. Particularly to refine gold, silver, etc. by the fire. 3. Metaphorically to refine, purify. 4. To try, examine, prove. Ps. 17: 3, 26: 2, 105: 19.

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: χρυσοχόοσ πυρώσω πεπυρωμένον ἀργυροκοπεῖ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6884:

χρυσοχόοσ 3× (8.1%)

πυρώσω 3× (7.7%)

πεπυρωμένον 3× (7.7%)

ἀργυροκοπεῖ 2× (5.7%)

ὡσ 2× (5.7%)

πυροῦται 2× (4.9%)

αὐτούσ 2× (4.0%)

תכלת תְּכֵלֶת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תכלת

tᵉkêleth

Definition

the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith

Root

probably for H7827 (שחלת);

Exhaustive

probably for שחלת; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith; blue.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8504

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תְּכֵלֶת

f. prop. • Root תכל • Strongs / High • Page 1512

(from תָּכַל which see) f. prop.

תְּכֵלֶת

noun feminine • Root תכל • Strongs / High • Page 1512

f. bright red, clear blue or violet colour; hence violet purple, purple blue, spoken of yarn (Ex. 26, 4), stuff, threads (28, 28); coupled with אַרְגָּמָן (red purple), שָׁנִי (crimson). Also, violet pigment (Ez. 27, 24). The shell-fish from which this colour was got was called חֶלָּזוֹן.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תְּכֵלֶת

noun feminine • Page 715

Bluish purple, also cloth or thread coloured therewith. Procured from the juice of a purple shell-fish (Ex. 26:4; Num. 4:6; Ezek. 23:6).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ὑακίνθου pἐξ ὑάκινθον ὑακίνθινον ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H8504:

ὑακίνθου 18× (28.8%)

pἐξ 8× (15.1%)

ὑάκινθον 8× (13.9%)

ὑακίνθινον 6× (11.3%)

--- 5× (9.4%)

'' 4× (6.4%)

ὑακίνθῳ 3× (3.7%)

ὑακινθίνῳ 2× (3.8%)

וארגמן וְאַרְגָּמָן

and purple

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ארגמן

ʼargâmân

Definition

purple (the color or the dyed stuff)

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff); purple.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H713

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אַרְגָּמָן

noun masculine • Root רגם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 185

purple-muscle, indigenous to the Phenician and Laconian coasts; red purple; stuffs coloured with red purple

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַרְגָּמָן

noun masculine • Page 70

reddish purple or anything coloured therewith (Ex. xxv.-xxvii.). Obtained from a shell-fish. Etymology uncertain; possibly from אֲרָם (Syrian colour).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0713:

No stats available

לבושם לְבוּשָׁם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לבוש

lᵉbûwsh

Definition

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife

Root

or לבש; from H3847 (לבש);

Exhaustive

or לבש; from לבש; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife; apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3830

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לְבוּשׁ

noun / masculine (aramaic) • Root לבש • Strongs / High • Page 765

A garment (Aramaic).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לְבוּשׁ

noun masculine • Root לבש • Page 339

1. A garment, usually in poetry (Job 24:7; 38:14). 2. A spouse or consort (Mal. 2:16).

לְבוּשׁ

noun • Page 341

see לְבֹשׁ

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: στολὴν ἐνδύματα --- ἱματισμόν ἱμάτιον

LXX Usage Statistics

H3830:

στολὴν 4× (9.1%)

ἐνδύματα 3× (6.0%)

--- 2× (5.1%)

ἱματισμόν 2× (4.4%)

ἱμάτιον 2× (4.0%)

מעשה מַעֲשֵׂה

a work/action

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעשה

maʻăseh

Definition

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

Root

from H6213 (עשה);

Exhaustive

from עשה; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4639

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַעֲשֶׂה

masculine noun • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 889

1. the doing, executing, preparing; business, labour; manner of life, conduct, activity. 2. a work, the result of doing, a deed. 3. a thing made, a work, an idol; a work or product, a thing fabricated, especially damask-work. Figuratively, the works of God (creation), product, effect, result; cattle as acquired goods.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַעֲשֶׂה

noun masculine • Root עשה • Page 395

1. a deed, action, concern, business. Gen. 44 : 15; 47 : 3; Ps. 86: 6; Judg. 2: 10. 2. a work, labour, something done or wrought. Ps. 8: 4, 7; 19: 2; Deut. 4: 28; Ps. 115: 4; 135: 15; Ex. 26: 1, 31; 27: 4. 3. property, res, like מְלָאכָה; particularly the produce of the field, Ex. 23: 16; 1 Sam. 25: 2.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἔργα ἔργον ἔργοισ '' ἔργων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4639:

ἔργα 75× (29.9%)

ἔργον 46× (20.5%)

ἔργοισ 20× (7.5%)

'' 10× (4.0%)

ἔργων 10× (3.8%)

ποίημα 9× (3.7%)

ποιήματα 9× (3.4%)

ὡσ 6× (2.8%)

ἔργῳ 6× (2.8%)

--- 5× (2.3%)

חכמים חֲכָמים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חכם

châkâm

Definition

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

Root

from H2449 (חכם);

Exhaustive

from חכם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2450

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָכָם

noun / masculine • Root חכם • Strongs / High • Page 483

A wise man, philosopher, guide, leader, an epithet of Hercules.

חָכָם

adjective • Root חכם • Strongs / High • Page 484

1. knowing, skillful, experienced (used as a substantive, a master); 2. wise, clear-sighted; 3. sagacious, cautious, experienced in human and divine things.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָכָם

verb • Root חכם • Page 227

1. Skilful, dexterous (Is. 3: 3; Ex. 28: 3). 2. Wise, intelligent, prudent (2 Sam. 14: 2; Job 5: 13), learned, virtuous. 3. Plur. the wise men in a royal court, such as statesmen or philosophers (Gen. 41: 8; Ex. 7: 11).

Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX: σοφὸσ σοφῶν σοφοῦ σοφοὶ σοφοὺσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2450:

σοφὸσ 30× (21.7%)

σοφῶν 17× (12.0%)

σοφοῦ 9× (6.3%)

σοφοὶ 9× (6.0%)

σοφοὺσ 8× (5.4%)

σοφοί 5× (3.4%)

σοφὸν 5× (3.5%)

σοφοσ 4× (2.5%)

σοφοῖσ 4× (2.6%)

σοφόσ 3× (2.2%)

כלם כֻּלָּם׃

all of themselves

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Silver beaten out shall be brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and the hands of the founder: cerulean purple and red purple their clothing: they all are the work of the wise.

LITV Translation:
Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the works of skillful ones.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
brought from Tarshish, gold will come from Uphaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.